Place talk:Russia

For the WeRelate Place Review Project

The following are Historical places (region) in Russia which are now divided and located in other places as well as named differently:

Place:Soviet Far East, Russia is now named Place:Russian Far East (not to be mistaken for the Far Eastern Federal District)

Place:Sibir', Russia is now divided among Place:Far Eastern Federal District, Place: Siberian Federal District, & Place:Urals Federal District.

Place:Don Cossacks, Russia was renamed Don Voisko Province (Russian: Oblast’ Voyska Donskogo) in 1870. It is now shared by Place:Rostov Oblast, Russia, Place:Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and Place:Voronezh Oblast, Russia regions of the Russian Federation as well as Place:Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine a region of Ukraine.

The historical City Place:Kiev, Russia and its 11 contained places are currently located in the Ukraine:

Place:Cherkassy, Kiev, Russia moved to Place:Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine Place:Chigirin, Kiev, Russia moved to Place:Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine Place:Kanev, Kiev, Russia moved to Place:Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine Place:Lipovet︠s︡, Kiev, Russia moved to [[Place:]] Place:Radomysl′, Kiev, Russia moved to Place:Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine Place:Skvira, Kiev, Russia moved to Place:Kiev Oblast, Ukraine Place:Tarashcha, Kiev, Russia moved to Place:Kiev Oblast, Ukraine Place:Uman′, Kiev, Russia moved to Place:Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine Place:Vasil′kov, Kiev, Russia moved to Place:Kiev Oblast, Ukraine Place:Zvenigorodka, Kiev, Russia moved to Place:Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

The Following was previously located in Russia but was then divided between the Ukraine and Russia: Place:Kurgan, Lebedin, Khar′kov, Russia

In 1939 all places in Place:Grodno, Russia moved to Place:Hrodna Province, Belarus.

In 1991 Place:Kutais, Krasnodar Krai, Southern Federal District, Russia moved to Place:Kutaisi, Georgia

Place:Mingreliya, Russia moved in 1991 to Place:Mingreliya, Georgia (country)

Many of the towns, if not all, listed as being in Place:Elisavetpol', Russia are now located in Place:Azerbaijan and Place:Armenia according to the Family History Library. --Ronni 07:35, 19 October 2007 (EDT)

The following historical places of Prussia are now located in Russia (1945)
Place:Ostpreußen, Preußen + 643 contained places, some Poland
--Bgwiehle 22:42, 12 November 2007 (EST)

When dealing with Ossetia(Osetiya): Wikipedia:Ossetia be aware that this region has been divided among Russia and Georgia. The Ossetia is a type of people and culture. It has been divided into a north and south region. The South Ossetian Republic is not currently recognized by any country or international organization Wikipedia:South Ossetia. The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania is located in the Southern Federal District.